Last year, shares in the West Chester Township-based steelmaking company rose nearly 356 percent from 2015, a more than five-fold increase in value. AK Steel shares closed 2016 at $10.21

Twenty-three of 27 Greater Cincinnati-based companies provided a positive return to investors who bought shares before the start of 2016, according to an Enquirer analysis of Bloomberg data.

Three major indices – the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Standard & Poor's 500 and Nasdaq Composite – closed 2016 higher than on the last trading day of 2015. The Dow, an index of 30 blue-chip stocks – including Cincinnati-based P&G –finished last year up 13.4 percent from 2015. Closing out 2016, the Nasdaq rose 7.4 percent and the S&P rose 9.5 percent.

Here's how shares in Greater Cincinnati public companies performed in 2016: